Government Code - GOV
TITLE 5. LOCAL AGENCIES [50001 - 57607]
( Title 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81. ) DIVISION 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES [53000 - 55821]
( Division 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81. ) PART 1. POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES [53000 - 54999.7]
( Part 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81. ) CHAPTER 4. Financial Affairs [53600 - 53997]
( Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81. ) ARTICLE 19. Obligation of Contract [53995 - 53997]
( Article 19 added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 346, Sec. 1. ) 53996.
The Legislature hereby finds and declares that a local agency’s obligation of contract, as that term is used and interpreted in Section 9 of Article I of the California Constitution, in a financial transaction, commences when the legislative body adopts a resolution officially entering into the contract or when the treasurer, acting on his or her authority, enters into the contract. Therefore, in interpreting Section 9 of Article I of the California Constitution, the Legislature finds and declares that no law may be passed which has the effect of impairing a local agency’s existing obligation of contract with regard to a financial
transaction.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 346, Sec. 1.)